ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) -- Folks on St. Helena Island say that kids in the area sometimes rely on school lunches to fill their bellies. With school now out, the Community Cultural Resilience Hub is making sure those kids continue to eat by offering free meals throughout the entire summer.

According to the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDOE), when schools let out, many children are at risk of going hungry. That’s why they created the Summer Break Cafe program in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture. The community hub on St. Helena Island is using it to hand out free meals this summer.

“We're feeding 50 children. By the end of the summer, we will have distributed 3000 meals,” said Jindia Blount, the organizer of the Summer Break Café at the communi

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